The Number of Men Who Watch Online Porn Will Surprise You

Surprise you because it's so low. And also probably a big fat lie. According to a Pew survey, men are about three times as likely as women to watch porn on the Internet, which isn't surprising. What is surprisingly is how low the numbers are overall. Just 12 percent of people in general said they watch "adult" videos. Among women, eight percent copped to doing so; among men, it was still only a mere 25 percent who admitted to a little porn streaming. You'll note this distinction: The survey measured who said they watch online porn rather than actually monitoring what people watch. In related reading, here are 10 ways to tell a guy is lying. It's not that I'm surprised that there are other video forms people are watching more (or at least admitting to watching more), like comedy, how-to, and music videos, because those things are great and also safe for work, where most of us spend the bulk of the day. But still, I have a feeling more people, particularly guys, are secretly scoping out some adult content in between all their news and sports videos. But maybe Avenue Q and I got it wrong, and the

According to a Pew survey, men are about three times as likely as women to watch porn on the Internet, which isn't surprising. What is surprisingly is how low the numbers are overall. Just 12 percent of people in general said they watch "adult" videos. Among women, eight percent copped to doing so; among men, it was still only a mere 25 percent who admitted to a little porn streaming.

You'll note this distinction: The survey measured who said they watch online porn rather than actually monitoring what people watch. In related reading, here are 10 ways to tell a guy is lying.

It's not that I'm surprised that there are other video forms people are watching more (or at least admitting to watching more), like comedy, how-to, and music videos, because those things are great and also safe for work, where most of us spend the bulk of the day. But still, I have a feeling more people, particularly guys, are secretly scoping out some adult content in between all their news and sports videos.

But maybe Avenue Q and I got it wrong, and the Internet is not for porn these days. Just cat videos then, I guess?

Have you ever caught your guy looking at porn on the Internet? Do you care? Do you watch it yourself?